Yearly Archives: 2019

158 Asokore Mampong Youth Graduates Under NBU Program

*2018 batch* of trainees enrolled under No Business As Usual (NBU) Project have graduated after completing a six months training program. Out of 158 youths who were schooled in the area of core life skills and Employability, 40 were part of a gamma category whiles 83 and 35 were categorised …

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Jeff Bezos: World’s richest man agrees $35bn divorce

The world’s richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and his wife MacKenzie have agreed a record-breaking divorce settlement of at least $35bn (£27bn).Ms Bezos keeps a 4% stake in the online retail giant, worth $35.6bn on its own.Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in Seattle in 1994, a year after …

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The Don fires Patapaa for snubbing the media

The host of ‘U Sey Weytin’, Prince Tsegah aka The Don has blasted Patapaa for snubbing the media when he was welcomed by the press on his arrival from his Europe tour at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Patapaa who returned from his Europe Tour on Tuesday refused to speak …

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Brexit: UK asks EU for further extension until 30 June

Theresa May has written to the EU to request a further delay to Brexit until 30 June. The UK is currently due to leave the EU on 12 April and, as yet, no withdrawal deal has been approved by MPs. Mrs May has proposed, if UK MPs agree a withdrawal …

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Zimbabwe caning: Court bans ‘inhuman’ juvenile punishment

Zimbabwe’s constitutional court has banned the caning of juvenile convicts as a judicial punishment. Nine judges decided that judicial corporal punishment was illegal under the country’s constitution. They ruled it was cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. While attitudes are changing, many parents in Zimbabwe still believe corporal punishment …

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Ghana-Cuba cooperation to be extended to malaria eradication – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said cooperation between Ghana and Cuba is being extended to the eradication of malaria, and soon, through a joint venture agreement with Labiofam S.A., a bio-larvicide factory will be established in Savelugu, in the Northern Region of Ghana.Nana Akufo-Addo further disclosed that an agreement …

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Nigerian debt office expects approval of 1.649 trillion naira in borrowing

Nigeria’s debt office said on Thursday it expects the government to approve total borrowing of 1.649 trillion naira ($5.39 billion) in 2019. Half the debt, 824 billion naira, will be foreign borrowing, Patience Oniha, the director general of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, told reporters in the capital Abuja. Nigeria, Africa’s …

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PDS releases first load shedding timetable; eight regions affected

Eight regions are set to be affected by the first official load shedding as Power Distribution Services (PDS) has released a timetable for its power rationing. The decision to begin the release of the schedule was taken at a meeting between PDS, the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Public Utilities and …

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